Canary hotspot

Canary hotspot

The Canary hotspot is a volcanic hotspot believed to be located at the Canary Islands off the north-western coast of Africa, although alternative theories to explain the volcanism there exists. [ [http://www.aepect.org/hemeroteca/Canarias01-ing.pdf The Origin of the Canary Islands: A chonology of ideas and related concepts from the Antiquity to the end of 20th century.] ] The Canary hotspot is believed to be underlain by a mantle plume that is relatively deep. It is believed to have first appeared about 60 million years ago. [ [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991JGR....9612039H Effects of Canary hotspot volcanism on structure of oceanic crust off Morocco] Retrieved on 2007-10-13]

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